While reading the article on Google, I strongly disagreed. From the beginning I knew that I wasn't going to like this article very much. I disagree with him in the fact that Google is making us stupid, with the internet we can get more information in a less amount of time. For example, a year ago my PS3 broke and needed to be taken apart. Because of the internet, I learned how to take my PS3 apart in less than a half hour. He also makes the point in the article that people nowadays don't have enough patients to read books because of using the internet. I deeply disagree with this because even before I started to use the internet I couldn't stay focused while reading a book. Maybe, this guy should have practiced what he preached and made his article shorter so I COULD stay focused the entire article. In my opinion, Google is one of the best things ever invented. In today's world people are getting more information at a more efficient rate, so who needs books?
Sunday, November 7, 2010
YouTube/Google
I disagreed with many of the things said in the video about YouTube. I didn't like how the man was making fun of all the people on YouTube and saying that their not famous. First off, the Numa Numa Guy was so famous online that he was put on a South Park Episode. Now I know that doesn't match up with movies or anything of that sort but last time I checked South Park was a show watched by millions of people. To me, I think the man who wrote this article was just upset he couldn't make as good of videos as everyone else. I believe this is the way for "regular" people to become famous. Of course, the man in the article doesn't put into effect that everyone can't "buy" their way into fame, some people actually have to show and prove what they can do.
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There is an appealing democratizing "everyman" sort of quality to YouTube - it's a medium where even "regular people" (as you say) can become famous, and it some ways that's pretty cool.
ReplyDelete>>Maybe, this guy should have practiced what he preached and made his article shorter so I COULD stay focused the entire article.<<
Heh - so our inability to remain focused on his article contradicts his point? Maybe...Carr would probably say that we've all been brainwashed by the net already - so we can't focus. As you point out, though, short attention spans are nothing new. It's tough to prove that the net is physically CAUSING these problems.